28.02.19

Potlatch Appropriation Strategies:

"3. Every Indian or other person who engages in or assists in celebrating the Indian festival known as the "Potlatch" or in the Indian dance known as the "Tamanawas" is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment ... and any Indian or other person who encourages ... an Indian or Indians to get up such a festival or dance, or to celebrate the same, ... is guilty of a like offense ..."

(Section 3 of An Act Further to Amend The Indian Act, 1880)

- photo: Cowichan Valley Museum